Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45323, James Dorey, Continental (New York)

SERVICE
Continental (New York.)
Dorey, James
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S. 45323
CONTENTS

7645
New York
James Dorey private
of Orange in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Malcolm of the New York Continental line, for the term of 3 years 1777.
Described on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 31 of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of March 1819 and sent to Richard Blauvelt, Esq r Tappan, New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 11m. 15 d $ 89.29
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1/Sept. 1819. 48.---
$ 137.29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Ex d
Application sent May 4 th 1821 to Genl. Howard, Esq r Pensioner in Office, N.Y. City.

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James Dorey - Private
Mahon's Reg t 77. 78. 79 N. York Line
1777 to 1783 - 6 yrs
31 st March 1810.
Admitted
Admitted.

(Declaration of James Dorey - setting forth - that he was a private Soldier in the Army of the United States, in the revolutionary war - that he belonged to the company com- manded by Captain John Hunter in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Malcom, which was Brigaded with the Penn- sylvania line - That he afterwards belong- ed to the Regiment of Colonel Oliver Spencer, and Brigaded with Troops of New Jersey - and that he afterwards belonged to the Corps of Sappers & Miners, in the said revolution- ary Army - that he entered the service in the year One Thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and ended it, in the year One Thousand seven hundred and eighty three, being then regularly discharged. —
James his Dorey mark
Sworn to by the said James Dorey and subscribed by him the 31st Day of March one Thousand eight hun- dred and eighteen, before me Richd Blauvelt one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Rockland and State of New York -
State of New York County of Rockland a Town of Orange - I certify that the above named James Dorey re- sides in this Town, and is a Pauper re:

receiving occasional support - That he came here about the close of the revolutionary war, and that I have known him ever since - That I always understood he had belonged to the Army, and never had cause to doubt it - and now from the testimony before me, of Peter Tambrian, who I knew in the time of the said war, as a commissioned officer in the Army, I am completely satisfied, that the above named applicant for a pension, served in the revolutionary Army against the common enemy, for five years, or more - Richd Blauvelt
And the said James Dorey, being interrogated, on his oath aforesaid, saith respecting his discharge from the service, that the same hath been long ago worn to pieces and lost - and further he saith that he is at this time by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his Country for support - April 8. 1818. -
Richd Blauvelt
State of New York. Rockland County ss: I Thomas Howard Clerk of the County of Rockland in the State of New York, do hereby certify that the within named Richard Blauvelt, before whom the within Affidavit was taken, was, and is, one of the judges in and for the said County, and that I am well acquainted with his signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office this Ninth day of April 1818.
(Seal) Howard

James Dorey -
7645
Sept. 10/19
C
Thos. Howard Esq. Haverthaw P.O. N. Yorks

Rockland County, Court of Common Pleas ? } Js: State of New York - - - - - }
At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court-house in Clarkstown, in and for the said County of Rockland before the Judges of the same Court, on the first Tuesday of February, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and Twenty One. —
Present, the Honorable Edward Suffern, Esq. n first judge Cornelius J. Blanvelt } Esq us Peter Stephens -- } judges of said court
Rockland County ss: Be it remembered that on the Sixth day of February, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty One, Personally appeared in the said Court being a Court of Record, made a Court of Record by Statute with unlimited jurisdiction, as to amount and proceeding according to the course of the common Law, in open Court James Dorey; aged about Sixty Years, resident in Orange Town County of Rockland, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolu- tionary war as follows: That he served in the Company of Captain John Hunter, Col. Malcomb's additional Regiment in the Years 1777, 78, 79. in the latter Year Malcomb's and Spencer's additional Regiments, joined and made one Regiment, under Spencer, in which he also served In 1780. Spencer's Regiment was reduced; and he thereupon served in the Corps of Sappers and Miners and was honorably discharged at the close of the war in 1783. And that his original declaration is dated the thirty first day of March One Thousand eight hundred and Eighteen, as is believed having no Copy That his Pension Certificate is N o 46425 And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident citizen of the United States, on the 10 th day of March 1810

And that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress, entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 10 th day of March 1810, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule, hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Real Estate - None. Personal D o None, Income, None
(Signed) James Dorey
Family I have None, am inform d - my hearing and speech are very defective - my occupation has been at common laboring until about five years ago; since which time, and until the receipt of pension money, have had support as a pauper of the Town of Orange aforesaid.
Sworn in open Court the 6 th day of February in the Year 1821.
James Dorey
Howard - Cth

I Thomas Howard, Clerk of the Court of the County of Rockland, do hereby certify, that the foregoing deposition, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of the said Court. And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is, Nothing .
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the Seventh day of February 1821.
Thomas Howard, Clerk of the County of Rockland

45 323
Rev
INVALID.
[Handwritten checkmark]
File No. 45-323
James Dorey Rev. Rev. War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I knew James Dorey, as a private Soldier in the Company of Captain John Hunter, which Company joined, and made a part, of the Regiment, command- ed by Colonel William Malcom (one of the sixteen additional Regiments order- ed by Congress) in the year 1777 - I afterwards, and in the year 1779, knew the said James Dorey, as a private Soldier in the Regiment of Colonel Oliver Spencer - These Reg ts having by Deaths Desertions & Discharges been much re- duced, were therefore joined, and made one Reg t . - and as the Officers & Men composing these Reg ts were from various States of the Union, they were not per- manently Brigaded or attached to the line of any State; but filled vacancies - as, in part of 1777 & 78, the Reg t of Malcom was Brigaded with the line of Pennsylvania - and in part of 1779 & 80 The Reg t of Spencer was Brigaded with The line of New Jersey - upon the re- duction of Spencers Reg t in the year 1780 when when the Soldiers generally were turned over to the lines of the States to which they belonged, I obtained an appoint- ment in the Corps of Sappers & Miners, which Corps was also composed of men of different States - in this Corps the said James Dorey also served - and I well remember, that upon the disch- arge of the Army in 1783. I received for

for his benefit, his arrearage of pay- and gratuity, in final settlement certificates. —
T. Paulman
formerly Adjutant of Malcoms Regt. until its junc- tion with Spencers — Then Ad- jutant of Spencers until its reduction — and at the close of the war a capt. in the Corps of Sappers & Miners
The foregoing is Certified and sworn to before me the 31 st Day of March 1860
Rich d Blauvelt one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Rockland in the State of New York
State of New York } Rockland County } ss.
I Thomas Howard. Clerk of the County of Rockland in the State of New York, do hereby certify — That the within and above named Richard Blauvelt, before whom the within Affidavit was taken, was and is one of the judges, in and for the said County of Rockland, and that I am well acquainted with his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the said County to be hereunto affixed the Nibeth day of April 1860
Thos. Howard. Clk

I Certify that James Dorey now of the County of Rockland in the State of New York lives as I am informed by Letter - He was enlisted in Capt n John Hunter's Company in the City of Philadelphia in the Year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven as a private Soldier and that the said Company of the said Hunter joined and made part of the Regiment of Col d Patten one of the sixteen additional Regiments raised by resolve of Congress, and the Company of the said Hunter in the Summer of the same Year joined and made a part of the Regiment Commanded by Col d William Malcom one of the same sixteen additional Regiments and that the said Regiment was Brigaded with the Pennsylvania line in the Year 1777. and part of the Year 1778 that in the Year 1779 the Regiment and the Regiment of Col d Oliver Spencers, another of the sixteen additional Regiments were joined together and made one Regiment and was Commanded by Col d Oliver Spencer untill some time in the Year 1780 when I left the Regiment and then the same James Dorey was in the Regiment and served as a private Soldier all the time I was in the Regiment, which I left the latter part of the summer 1780 I always understood that James Dorey served to the close of the War and further saith not sworn before me This 10 th April 1818 - Garrett Sickels J. R. Riker Recorder of the City of New York

I certify that James Dorey now of the County of Rockland in the State of New York, was a private Soldier in the Company of Captain John Hunt er, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Malcom, one of the sixteen additional Regiments, raised by Order of Congress - That the said Reg t was Brigaded in part of the years 1777 and 1778 with the Penn- sylvania Line of the then Army of the United States - That in the year 1779 the said Reg t was joined to that of Colonel Oliver Spencer, at which time I became a supernumerary - That in the said years 1777-78 & 79 the said James Dorey served as a pri- vate Soldier, as I well know, in the said Reg t of Malcom - and I doubt not, that he was credibly and regu- larly discharged at the close of the war -
Rob t H. S. S. V.
New York April 8 th 1818
Sworn before this 8 th day of April 1818 -
J. P. Pike
Lieutenant in the said Reg t of Malcom - and now one of the Inspectors of the Customs in the City of New York
Recorder of the City of New York

Judge Hawell's Certificate in the case of James Dorey private

The Honorable J. C. Calhoun
In compliance with the Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war. I transmit the testimony in the case of James Dorey, an applicant for a pension - being satisfied that he served in the revolutionary war, on the continental establishment, against the common enemy. -
The papers inclosed, numbered 1 to 4. - are. 1 declaration of James Dorey 2 - d o . - of Peter Taulman made before me. 3 - of Robert Hunter 4 - of Garriet Sickels sworn to (as appears) before R Riker, record r . of N. York
With great respect am Sir Yrs &c
Rich d Blauvelt
Tappan Orange Town Rockland Co. New York April 20 1818.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dorey James GRADE Private LINE Sappers & Miners
WARRANT NUMBER 12980 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED January 21, 1792 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.